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17 drug ring members indicted

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, May 30th, 2014, 10:44am
17 drug ring members indicted

(WXIA) -- A federal grand jury has indicted 17 members of a massive Mexican drug ring.

The defendants are accused of smuggling cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine to Georgia. Prosecutors said they also conspired to deliver a significant amount of drug money to Mexico.

According to information presented in federal court, Atenogenes Alvarado-Delgado runs the trafficking organization. His ring -- which includes his brother, Jose Alvarado-Delgado, and two associates -- used passenger buses to transport drugs from Mexico to the Atlanta area. Others would then unload the drugs and sell them in Georgia and Florida.

Since last October, law enforcement has seized much of the ring's wares in several busts, including:

* Oct. 8, 2013: 39 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Doraville

* Oct. 11, 2013: 165 pounds of methamphetamine during a search of an apartment on Cleburne Parkway in Hiram

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DeKalb man accused of killing wife to get new trial

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, May 12th, 2014, 5:50am
DeKalb man accused of killing wife to get new trial

DORAVILLE, Ga. -- A new trial will begin Monday for a DeKalb County man accused of killing his wife.

Dennis Ronald Allaben was convicted in 2011 of murdering his wife Maureen, a set decorator for BET's "The Mo'Nique Show." He was sentenced to life in prison.

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Lingerie shop owner pleads guilty to bribing Doraville city employees

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, April 4th, 2014, 5:21am
Lingerie shop owner pleads guilty to bribing Doraville city employees


DORAVILLE, Ga. -- A Doraville lingerie shop owner has admitted to offering bribes to city employees to obtain a zoning change.

Jae Jun Bae, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of honest services wire fraud.

According to information presented in federal court, Bae owns Moon Lingerie, located in the 5200 block of Buford Highway. He bought the business's building in April 2012. The building was zoned for retail use and could not be used as a wholesale location.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in August 2012, Bae met with a Doraville city employee and offered that person an envelope full of cash in exchange for re-zoning the property. The employee refused to take the envelope and reported Bae to local police.

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Shooting reported at DeKalb club

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, March 3rd, 2014, 1:47pm
Shooting reported at DeKalb club

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Shots were fired at a DeKalb County nightclub Monday morning.

The shooting happened at around 3:30 a.m. at the Velvet Room on Chamblee Tucker Road.

Few details about the shooting, including whether anyone was injured, were immediately available. A witness said she was inside the club when she heard the gunshots.

The club's Facebook page said an album release party for Rick Ross and Sean "Diddy" Combs was scheduled for the time the shooting occurred.

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2 shot outside DeKalb lounge

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, February 24th, 2014, 5:36am
2 shot outside DeKalb lounge

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Two people were shot outside a hookah lounge in northeast Atlanta Sunday night.

The shooting happened at around 11:20 p.m. at Mint Ultra Lounge in the 3000 block of Briarcliff Road.

Dispatchers had few details about the shooting, but said it was not fatal. The victims' names and conditions have not been released.

DeKalb County Police do not believe the lounge was connected to the shooting.

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'Maintenance Man' rape suspect's trial begins

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014, 8:09am
'Maintenance Man' rape suspect's trial begins

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of committing at least five rapes in the 1980s.

Daniel Wade, 63, is believed to be the Maintenance Man rapist, a nickname derived from the fact that he posed as a maintenance worker and attacked his victims in their apartments.

RELATED | Atlanta police solve 5 Maintenance Man rapes

Police say Wade committed the rapes between January 1986 and January 1987. His victims ranged in age from 10 to 65. They were sexually assaulted in various apartment complexes along northeast Atlanta's I-85 corridor.

The rapes went unsolved until April 2011, when police used DNA to link Wade to the five attacks, as well as three more in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. The suspect was indicted last September.

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3 MS-13 members sentenced to life in prison

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, December 20th, 2013, 7:08am
3 MS-13 members sentenced to life in prison

ATLANTA -- Three members of the MS-13 gang have been sentenced to life in prison for committing murders in two counties.

Ernesto Escobar, 30, of Norcross was sentenced Thursday in federal court. He goes by the street names "Flaco" and "Pink Panther."

Two co-defendants -- 25-year-old Miguel "Joker" Alvarado-Linares of Norcross and 30-year-old Dimas "Toro" Alfaro-Granados of Duluth -- were sentenced in October.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said the three men were charged with murder, attempted murder and armed robbery for several incidents in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.

Evidence presented in court showed Alvarado-Linares and Alfaro-Granados killed a fellow MS-13 member in October 2006 because they believed the victim was cooperating with police.

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